I think people in my district expect me to work with the president. It doesn't mean we have to agree all the time. I don't feel any extra pressure.
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Nationality: American Type: Politician Born: May 24, 1960 |
But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.
There are so many images pushed at women and so many ideas of what you're supposed to be. I think there's too much of this superwoman, this woman with a bottom like two billiard balls. There's no real celebration of just being a person.

